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Oct. 22, 1929. E. l... CANNON 1,733,106

LIQUID DISPENSING RECEPTACLE Filed-June 23. 1927 2 SheetswSheet 2 Patented Oct. 22, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE EDSON L. CANNON, OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WARREN RE- FINING- & CHEMICAL COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO LIQUID-DISPENSING RECEPTACLE Application filed June 23,

This invention relates to liquid dispensing receptacles and more particularly to receptacles such as are used by service stations for dispensing lubricating oil to automobiles. As is well known, this oil is generally dispensed from steel drums, each equipped with a pump. Unless these drums are kept within locked rooms or buildings, there is danger that the oil may be pumped therefrom by unauthorized persons. Furthermore, as the drums are furnished by the manufacturers, it is desirable on their part that the drums so supplied shall not be refilled with oil other than that whichthey originally contained or with oil put out by another manufacturer.

It is the general purpose and object of this invention to provide for drums of this character an enclosure which may be conveniently attached to the tops thereof and which will prevent the unauthorized dispensing of the oil therefrom as well as preventing the refilling of the drums with oil made or sold by persons other than those who furnished the drums. By reason of the attachment referred to, the drums will possess all of the advantages of storage tanks, but without the large expense incurred for the purchase of such tanks. Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter in connection with the drawingsand the detailed description thereof.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 represents an elevation ofia drum having my invention applied thereto, the door of the enclosure being opened; Fig. 2 a similar view, showing the door in its closed and locked position; Fig. 3 a detail in vertical section through the enclosure, the top of the drum and the top of an apron being shown in dot-and-dash lines Fig. 4 a detail in elevation of the upper portion of the drum; Fig. 5 a view, similar to Fig. 4, showing the parts of the enclosure separated; Fig. 6 a sectional detail corresponding to the line 66 of Fig. 3, showing the looking lug for the door; and Fig. 7 a detail in sectional plan of the locking ring.

Describing the parts by reference characters, 1 denotes the body of a steel drum of the type in which oil is usually dispensed, the drum being provided at the top with an out- 1927. Serial No. 200,900.

wardly extending head, the bead being shown at 2. The head of the drum is provided with the usual oil dispensing pump, indicated at 3.

In order to realize the objects of my invention, I apply to the top of the drum an enclosure, the same comprising generally a cylindrical wall 4: having a se mental door opening 5 therein, a cover 6, a bottom ring 10, by which the enclosure is applied and secured to the bead 2 on the drum; a segmental sliding door 7 mounted in an upper annular guide 8 and a lower annular guide 9, which are secured to the top and the bottom of the wall ft, respectively, preferably by welding. The guide 8 is provided with a cylindrical side wall 8 by which it is welded to and within the top of the wall 4 and has its upper end bent inwardly, as shown at 8 and then downwardly as shown at 8, to provide an upwardly projecting channeled guideway for the upper end i of the door 7. The lower guide 9 comprises a vertical cylindrical wall 9 which is welded to the bottom of the wall a and has its lower end bent inwardly, as shown at 9 and then upwardly, as shown at 9, thereby providing a downwardly projecting channeled guideway for the bottom edge of the door 7.

The cover 6 is provided with a cylindrical depending wall 6 which receives therewithin the upper end of the wall 4, being preferably welded thereto.

10 denotes generally the locking ring by which the enclosure is applied to the top of the drum. This locking ring comprises a vertical cylindrical wall l0 which surrounds the lower part of thewall 4, being secured to such wall by means of hangers 11 welded or otherwise suitably secured upon the outer surface of the wall and extending through suitably spaced openings in the top of the wall l0 of the locking ring. By reference to Fig. 6, it will be seen that the hangers 11 are so arranged that there will be a space of about 180 between two of them, this space corresponding to the front of the enclosure and of the drum, the term front referring to that part of the drum and enclosure which faces the pump operator. It will be noted further that the ring 10 is split in the front portion thereof, enabling it to be opened to a sufficient extent to slip the said ring over the bead 2. When so applied to the bead and to the top of the drum, the enclosure may be secured in place by means of a bolt 11 extending through ears l0 projecting outwardly from the ends of the ring 10. By setting up on the nut 11", the ring 10 and the enclosure rarried thereby may be secured in place on top of the drum.

1n order to prevent the removal of the enclosure, 1 provide a cage 12 pivoted at one end to the ring 10 by means of a pin 13 and one or more hinge lugs 12 and having its opposite end extended so as to engage the outer face of the ring, as shown at 1.2", the extension being provided with a slot for the reception of a locking; lug 1O projecting from the ring 10, which locking); lug; is vided with an aperture 13 for the hasp oi": apadl ock 14 The construction and arrangement of the enclosure or hood are such that it is impossible to remove the pump for the purpose of refilling the drum without first rein-o2" g oe enclosure or hood; and, as the manutaeturcr or oil company that furnishes th drun'i will haye possession of the key to the lock 14, it will be impossible for the user of the drum to remove the pump and either refill the drum with oil supplied by someone other than such manufacturer or oil company or to transfer the pump to a different drum. This protects the manufacturer or oil company against the use of the drum and pump furnished by him or it to the user for dispensing the oil of another manufacturer or oil compa y-thus insuring that the drum and the pump so furnished shall be used only with the oil of the one who furnished it.

In order to prevent the operation of the pump by ijinauthorized persons, the door 7 is provided. This door is shown as a segment oi? a cylinder, approximately 180 in extent, which is adapted to cover the ynnental openiugr5 in the wall l: and whiclrhas its upper and lower ends in the guides 7 and 8. This door is provided with an operating handle 7 by means of which it may be o ziened and closd; also with a perforated locking 7" which is adapted to be swung into contacwith a comperating perforated lock lug 4- on the wall 4. lVheu the door is clos 'l with the lugs 4L and 7" in cooperation h each other, it may be locked by means ot a padlock 15, the key to which will be in the possession of the user of the drum.

Another feature of my invention is the provision oi the locking ring 10 with means whereby an apron or similar device may be suspended therefrom, which apron may c: v an inscription designating the kind or i ii within the drum. 16 denotes an apron of this type, the same being preferably in the term of a segment of a cylinder, to conform to the outside, of the drum 1-, and being supported from the ring 10 by means of hooks 1'? carried by said ring and from which hooks the apron is suspended.

By virtue of my invention, it is possible to convert an ordinary oil-dispensing drum or ordinary shipping drum into storage tank, thereby enabling the user or dealer to leave the drum outside, merely locking up the pump by means of the door 7. It also enables the manutacturer or oil companyinp; to protect the quality of the oil dispensed from his or its drums by preventing the refilling of such drums with oil other than that furnished by him or it as well as preventing the removal of the pumps from such drums and their application to drums other than those furnished by the manufacturer or oil coinpany.

By reason of my invention, much time and labor are saved, as it is not necessary for the user or dealer to transfer oil from drums (as by means of 5-gallon cans) to an ordinary storage tank. The user or dealer merely uses the drum in which the oil is furnished to him, applying the hood, enclosure, pump and sign ther to, and is thus in possession of an attractive storage tank, without having consumed the time and labor of transferring the oil. lVhen the drum thus equipped has been emptied, the attachment and pump are transferred to a full drum, and this transfer of the hood and pump can be accomplished with much less labor and with much less consumption of time than are required for transferring the contents of a drum of oil to a storage tank. Furthermore, the foregoing results are realized through a construction which is simple, which is economical of production, and which is capable 0t convenient application to the drums or other receptacles with which it is to be associated.

iingr thus described my invention, what -i .in is 1. An enclosure for the top of a dispensing; receptacle, the said enclosure comprising; an ortpansible and contractible bottom ring adapted to be secured to the top of such receptacle, the said enclosure having a wall ex tending above the said ring and having an opening therein and a cover, a door adapted to close the opening in the wall, means for securing the ring upon the said receptacle, and means for locking the said door in closed position.

An enclosure for the top of a dispensreceptacie, the said enclosure comprising split bottom ring auapted to be secured to top of such receptacle, the said enclosure no a wall extending above the said ring having an opening therein and a cover, siidably supported between the said and the said cover and adapted to close e opening in the wall, means for securing ring upon the said receptacle, and means lor locking he said doorin closed position;

enclosure for a dispensing receptacle i r it t Kit having an outwardly projecting head at its top, the said enclosure comprising a bottom ring, the said ring being expansible and contractible and having a seat therein for said bead, means for securing the said ring upon the said bead, a side wall secured within and projecting upwardly from the said ring, a cover at the upper end of the said wall, the said wall having an opening therethrough for access to a pump or other dispensing mechanism on the top of the receptacle, a door adapted to close the said opening, means for locking the said ring on the said head, and means for locking the said door in closed position.

4. An enclosure for a dispensing receptacle having an outwardly projecting bead at its top, the said enclosure comprising a bottom ring, the said ring being divided and having a seat therein for said head, and means adjustably connecting the ends of the said ring to secure the ring upon the said head, a side wall secured within and projecting upwardly from the said ring, a cover at the upper end of the said wall, the said wall having an opening therethrough for access to a pump or other dispensing mechanism on the top of the receptacle, said enclosure also comprising a door adapted to close the said opening, a shield for the means connecting the ends of said ring, means for locking the said shield in protecting position, and means for locking the said door in closed position.

5. An enclosure for a receptacle having a head at its top, the said enclosure comprising a bottom ring having a seat for the said bead, the ring being divided whereby it may be opened to receive the bead and may be closed about the same, means for locking the ring in closed position, a cylindrical wall carried by said ring and having an opening therein, a cover secured to said wall, upper and lower annular channeled guides carried by and within the upper and lower ends of the said wall, respectively, a segmental door mounted in said guides and adapted to slide in the guides across the opening in said wall, and means for locking the said door in closed position. I

6. An enclosure for a receptacle having a bead at its top, the said enclosure comprising a bottom ring having a seat for the said head, the ring being expansible and contractible whereby it may receive the bead and be tightened about the same, a wall carried by said ring and having an opening therein, a cover secured to said wall, upper and lower guides carried by the upper and lower ends of the said wall, respectively, a door mounted in said guides and adapted to slide across the opening in said wall, and means for locking the said door in closed position.

7. An enclosure for the top of a dispensing receptacle, the said enclosure comprising an expansible and contractible bottom ring adapted to be secured to the top of such receptacle, the said enclosure having an opening therein, a door for said opening, means cooperating with said expansible and contractible bottom ring for locking the said enclosure against unauthorized removal from the said receptacle, and means for locking the door in closed position.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature.

EDSON L. CANNON. 

